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One Month Until Expiration: Advocates Demand the Biden Administration End Contract of ICA-Farmville Detention Center in Virginia

August 15, 2023

Farmville, Virginia-  On September 15, 2023, a contract between Immigration Centers of America (ICA)-Farmville Detention Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will expire, and with four weeks left,  advocates are turning up the pressure on President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and ICE Executive Associate Director Staci Barrera to stop the renewal of the contract and shut down the facility for good.

DWN Statement in Solidarity with the Stop Cop City Movement

July 20, 2023

*En español más abajo*

Detention Watch Network offers this statement in solidarity with the Stop Cop City movement. As a coalition, we seek to abolish the inhumane and unnecessary immigration detention system. We understand that institutions of policing, military operations, jails, prisons, and detention facilities are interconnected, within the United States and globally. We will not tolerate attempts to expand any of these violent institutions and instead demand that we divest from these cruel systems and invest in the wellness of our communities.

With Title 42 gone, the administration must not rely on immigration detention and surveillance

May 11, 2023

Washington, DC – Tonight, the Biden administration will finally end Title 42, a racist border closure and expulsion policy that targeted immigrants seeking safety and forced them into dangerous conditions under the guise of public health. Now, advocates are sounding the alarm that the administration must end Title 42 without relying on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detention and surveillance.

In response to this news, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:

Open Statement to the Biden Administration: Detention is not an effective or humane response to people seeking safety at the border and it must not be expanded

May 8, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, 233 organizations sent an open statement to President Biden demanding the administration make good on its commitments to never detain families, to end privatized immigration detention, and ensure that people seeking safety can pursue their cases while living in communities in the United States rather than being subjected to inhumane detention and surveillance.

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